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Page vii
... principles of that art , whose object it is , by the use of language , to operate on the foul of the hearer , in the way of informing , convincing , pleafing , moving , or perfuad- ing . In the prosecution of a defign fo ex- tenfive ...
... principles of that art , whose object it is , by the use of language , to operate on the foul of the hearer , in the way of informing , convincing , pleafing , moving , or perfuad- ing . In the prosecution of a defign fo ex- tenfive ...
Page ix
... principles and canons which he here fubmits to the judgment of the Public , the two following motives weighed moft with the Author , in inducing him to use fo much freedom in re- gard gard to the writings of thofe for whom he has ...
... principles and canons which he here fubmits to the judgment of the Public , the two following motives weighed moft with the Author , in inducing him to use fo much freedom in re- gard gard to the writings of thofe for whom he has ...
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... principles from which it fprang . By the help of a few rules , which men are taught to use me- chanically , a good practical arithmetician may be formed , who neither knows the reafons on which the rules he works by were firft eftablish ...
... principles from which it fprang . By the help of a few rules , which men are taught to use me- chanically , a good practical arithmetician may be formed , who neither knows the reafons on which the rules he works by were firft eftablish ...
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... principles . An acquaintance with thefe is one ftep , and but one step towards fcience . Thus in the common books of arithmetic , intended folely for practice , the rules laid down for the ordinary operations , as for numeration , or ...
... principles . An acquaintance with thefe is one ftep , and but one step towards fcience . Thus in the common books of arithmetic , intended folely for practice , the rules laid down for the ordinary operations , as for numeration , or ...
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... principles , and have no other directory but the experiences gained in the firft and loweft ftage , or as it were at the foot of the mountain , are commonly diftinguished by the name of empiries . Some- thing fimilar may be faid to ...
... principles , and have no other directory but the experiences gained in the firft and loweft ftage , or as it were at the foot of the mountain , are commonly diftinguished by the name of empiries . Some- thing fimilar may be faid to ...
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